Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Working in the Studio


After many months of setting up the studio, website, classes (more to come) I am finally feeling ok about working in the space. Yeah!! I like to work on a few projects at once. Last night I worked on a queen size traditional quilt. First I had to oil up the machine and be sure the stitching was at the correct tension. I hadn't used it since it came over on the truck. It took a minute but the Juki was up and running very quickly. I love that machine. It only does a straight stitch but that is all you need to quilt and do free motion stitching. This is a pic of some wet felted children's slippers and felted fabric done in the last couple years.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Friday


At first I didn't think I would make it to the studio and I didn't until about 6:30pm. I have been noticing and tonight was the same, that Friday evening is a great time to be at The Tru-Fit Trouser building. Very quiet; almost nobody in the whole building. Jim and I talked about this (after I got home) and it seems Fridays could be a good night for Instinctive Art concerts. I had a few hours to spend working on art!! I been using many surface design methods on fabric. Now I want to put some of those together to create some pieces.